Month: April 2012

There is a specific issue with the Facebook in-app browser intermittently making requests to websites without cookies that had previously been set. This appears to be a defect in the browser which should be addressed soon. The simplest approach to avoid this problem is to continue to use the Facebook app but not use the in-app browser. This can be done through the following steps:

On the list, the 23-mpg 2012 Toyota Matrix AWD model is the odd man out, lumped together with the hot hatches only by virtue of its low gas-mileage rating. It’s powered by a 158-hp, 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine and an ancient four-speed automatic transmission.

Certainly, the harder you push, especially on the street, the more recalcitrant the G 650 GS’s gearbox is. When trying to take advantage of the free-revving motor, you can forget about quick shifts. The Sertão wants you to accelerate moderately and make deliberate shifts. Play drag racer and the 8000 rpm redline appears too quickly and an upshift becomes impossible. So, you either adjust your riding style or accept constant frustration.

The fix, if this happens to you, is to do a jump start. It’s just like any jump start you’ve done with a gasoline powered car. Pull out your jumper cables, connect the black cable to the frame of each car, and connect the red cable to the positive terminal of the 12 volt battery in each car. This will bring 12 volts to the car, letting the 12 volt system turn back on. You may need to leave the cars connected long enough to recharge the 12 volt battery, but it will probably be enough to get the car turned on and from there the DC-DC converter should take care of recharging the 12 volt battery. A 12 volt automotive battery charger can also be used to jump start, because what’s required is to recharge the 12 volt battery.

Take the aforementioned Sears example: $147 per hour of revenue per person is an outcome metric that’s influenced by a huge number of factors. Perhaps the service staff spent an inordinate amount of time looking for parts, so it took them twice as long as necessary to do a repair. Or perhaps the process of getting customer information and relaying that to the mechanics took such a long time that mechanics couldn’t work on enough cars during the day. Or perhaps Sears’ reputation was only for simple repairs, and customers would only bring their cars in for low-priced oil changes. Who knows? Without sufficient knowledge of the current condition, there’s no way to make intelligent progress towards the ultimate goal of being a profitable contributor towards Sears’ growth.